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Red
2005 Château de la Grille Chinon
Cabernet Franc
- France
- Loire Valley
- Touraine
- Chinon
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Community Tasting Notes 10
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WojteG Likes this wine: 92 points
October 1, 2023 - Massive and heavy bottle, massive and heavy wine. Definitely on the sweet side of red wines, but red cherry from beginning to the end, plus vivid acidity make this wine very juicy and very drinkable. Tannins are very well mixed with the fluid. What else we have here - black cherry, plum, but also delicious red currant, cranberries. Black chocolate and cocoa is here too. Very good balance. No spice for good or bad. Short finish. The smell is lovely. Red cherry, blackberry, minerals, graphite.
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Dutchderk Likes this wine: 89 points
January 7, 2021 - Firm tannins and vivid apperance. Nice dark red colour. No signs of deterioration. Good acidity but less prominent aromas. Quite short finish. Nice to know: The former owner of this domaine is mr. Gosset, one of the sons of the owner of Champagne Gosset. Due to inheritance tax, mr Gosset was forced to sell Champagne Gosset and started domaine Chateau de la Grille. The wine is bottled in Champagne Gosset bottles which explains the unfamiliar shape of the bottles. Mr. Gosset unfortunately had to sell Chateau de la Grille because his philosophy was to cellar all the wines he produced until they were properly matured prevwnting the wines to be drunk to young. This strategy caused a serious financial issue which led to selling the property to Maison Baudry-Du Tour in 2009.
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BoireBio Likes this wine: 94 points
August 16, 2014 - 17,5/20 * * * * COUP DE COEUR
VISUEL: rubis opaque, marron
OLFACTIF: prune, choco, balsa. Finesse et distinction assurée.
GUSTATIF: un véritable délice pour le palais. Bons tanks. Plein de fruits. Notes balsamiques en finale....
ENSEMBLE: Exceptionnel ! -
Weston3220 Likes this wine: 88 points
July 3, 2014 - enjoyable Cab Franc, soft, flavours were slightly muted with some nice earthy tones mixed with vegetal, I think overall this wine is pleasurable but not complex
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Tige Likes this wine: 91 points
May 19, 2013 - Vraiment un excellent Chinon. Carafé une bonne heure, robe foncée, fraîcheur, poivron, beaucoup de matière, de fruits. L'intégration semble bien débutée et le meilleur est à venir. J'aimerais en avoir d'autres....
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Château de la Grille
- Varietal Cabernet Franc
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Loire Valley
- SubRegion Touraine
- Appellation Chinon
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 52 (37%)
- Consumed 90 (63%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerChâteau de la Grille
- VarietyCabernet Franc
- CountryFrance
- RegionLoire Valley
- SubRegionTouraine
- AppellationChinon
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